In 1728 Gottfried HEYDEREICH (b1704) arrived in the Cape. His second marriage (with Johanna ROGIERS) produced 8 children and most Heydenreichs (and Heydenrychs, Heidenrichs, etc.) in South Africa probably are descendants of founding father Gottfried. He returned to Europe in 1769 for medical treatment and probably died there.

This is a web site with information for and about He˙denr˙chs (and Heydenrychs, Heydenreichs, Heidenrichs, etc.) of South Africa - and anybody else with an interest in this family. The site has just been started but we hope that it will, with the help of the family and other visitors, grow to a useful refrence source and gathering place. Contact us if you would like to know more, want to make suggestions or have information that could be used here or visit our discussion forum to request information, offer information or just to chat.

GenealogyOnline version of the Heydenrych family tree that will make the information available to all interested people and allow for updating of the information. We hope to base the initial version on a comprehensive book on the South African Heydenrych’s family tree by Carey Heydenrych and to build on it and keep the information current.

This is one of the main goals of this web site but since it will take considerable effort to convert the paper based information to an electronic database, it will probably take considerable time.